Myelination-independent functions of oligodendrocyte precursor cells in health and disease

Y Xiao, T Czopka - Nature Neuroscience, 2023 - nature.com
Oligodendrocyte precursor cells (OPCs) are a population of tissue-resident glial cells found
throughout the CNS, constituting approximately 5% of all CNS cells and persisting from …

[HTML][HTML] Tackling the glial scar in spinal cord regeneration: new discoveries and future directions

A Shafqat, I Albalkhi, HM Magableh, T Saleh… - Frontiers in cellular …, 2023 - frontiersin.org
Axonal regeneration and functional recovery are poor after spinal cord injury (SCI), typified
by the formation of an injury scar. While this scar was traditionally believed to be primarily …

Robust and multifunctional nanoparticles assembled from natural polyphenols and metformin for efficient spinal cord regeneration

T Yuan, T Wang, J Zhang, P Liu, J Xu, Z Gu, J Xu, Y Li - ACS nano, 2023 - ACS Publications
The treatment of spinal cord injury (SCI) remains unsatisfactory owing to the complex
pathophysiological microenvironments at the injury site and the limited regenerative …

Soluble Nogo-Receptor-Fc decoy (AXER-204) in patients with chronic cervical spinal cord injury in the USA: a first-in-human and randomised clinical trial

G Maynard, R Kannan, J Liu, W Wang… - The Lancet …, 2023 - thelancet.com
Background Spinal cord injury (SCI) causes neural disconnection and persistent
neurological deficits, so axon sprouting and plasticity might promote recovery. Soluble Nogo …

[HTML][HTML] PTEN knockout using retrogradely transported AAVs transiently restores locomotor abilities in both acute and chronic spinal cord injury

AN Stewart, R Kumari, WM Bailey, EP Glaser… - Experimental …, 2023 - Elsevier
Restoring function in chronic stages of spinal cord injury (SCI) has often been met with
failure or reduced efficacy when regenerative strategies are delayed past the acute or sub …

[HTML][HTML] Deep scRNA sequencing reveals a broadly applicable Regeneration Classifier and implicates antioxidant response in corticospinal axon regeneration

HJ Kim, JM Saikia, KMA Monte, E Ha… - Neuron, 2023 - cell.com
Despite substantial progress in understanding the biology of axon regeneration in the CNS,
our ability to promote regeneration of the clinically important corticospinal tract (CST) after …

Harnessing developmental dynamics of spinal cord extracellular matrix improves regenerative potential of spinal cord organoids

Z Sun, Z Chen, M Yin, X Wu, B Guo, X Cheng, R Quan… - Cell Stem Cell, 2024 - cell.com
Neonatal spinal cord tissues exhibit remarkable regenerative capabilities as compared to
adult spinal cord tissues after injury, but the role of extracellular matrix (ECM) in this process …

[HTML][HTML] Application of injectable hydrogels as delivery Systems in Spinal Cord Injury

R Ji, Z Hao, H Wang, X Li, L Duan, F Guan, S Ma - Gels, 2023 - mdpi.com
Spinal cord injury (SCI) is a severe neurological injury caused by traffic accidents, trauma, or
falls, which leads to significant loss of sensory, motor, and autonomous functions and …

Zinc regulates a specific subpopulation of VEGFA+ microglia to improve the hypoxic microenvironment for functional recovery after spinal cord injury

H Deng, Y Liu, Z Shi, J Yang, C Liu, X Mei - International …, 2023 - Elsevier
Introduction Spinal cord injury (SCI) is a central nervous system injury that is primarily
traumatic and manifests as autonomic dysfunction below the level of injury. Our previous …

Functional Polyphenol-Based Nanoparticles Boosted the Neuroprotective Effect of Riluzole for Acute Spinal Cord Injury

T Yuan, T Wang, J Zhang, F Ye, Z Gu, Y Li… - …, 2024 - ACS Publications
Riluzole is commonly used as a neuroprotective agent for treating traumatic spinal cord
injury (SCI), which works by blocking the influx of sodium and calcium ions and reducing …